Improved joe-pitcher



` stand or support.

UNITED STA'rE/sv Firma.

PATEN-r CHARLES ooNRADtr, OF PHILADLPHIA, PENNSYLVANA.

DI MPROVED'lCE-PITGHR.

specification forming part of Letters Patent No.v 49.7224, dated September 5, 1865.

Toall 'whom it may concern:

i Be it known that I, 'CHARLES CoNRAD'rof the city ot' Philadelphia, ,in the' State of Pennsyl-vania, ha've' invent-ed a newand useful Improvementin- Ice-Pitchers; and lI vvdo hereby declare'that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the construction and op-' eration' of the same, reference being. had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- |Figura ,lis a Vertical central section of an ice-pitcher having the said jimprovement applied thereto, and Fig. 2 'ahorizontal section' of the same below--the'dotted line w y of Fig.l 1, like letters'of reference indicating the same parts when on both figures.

The object of my inventionis to ai'ord a ready, easy, and safe mode ot'rotating and tiltingenjce-pitcher as o'ccasion .may Arequire ``in pouring water from the Same, and also to obviatejhe injury which iscgenerally caused to the bottom in dropping' large luxnpsof iccl i into the pitcher.

'lt consists, substantially as hcreinafter described, in-combining` with the pitcher an encircling standor support in such a manner that, while the' stand su'pportsthe pitcher, the

latter can be readily, easil y, and safely'rotated in'either direction or ti'lted forward for the purpose o f pouring out water:v ,I

In the drawings, A is the bodyof the pitcher, a' ot2 its curved bottom, and-'B its encircling The pitcher A-'is constrnoted so as to hat'e an air-space, C O, between its outer and inner walls, as heretofore; but,vinstcad of making its double bottom a' a? in a nearly-fiat or very slightly, curved form, Imake `it nearly hemispherical, a' s seen i'Fig. 1, thus causing;I it to .present a more rigid and unyieldin g resistance to the falling heavy lumps of .ice o ccurrin in supplying the pitcher, and 'also aiording a more substantial and du'rable union of the bottom a' a? at the line where the latter'hasto be soldered to the straight sides above, because- Ain droppingthe heavy lumpsof ice upon a bottom soldered at nearly a right angle to thesides, as heretofore, a shearing action is produced upon the joint, and consequently it readily parts, while iu my improved mode a te'nsile strain only is produced upon the joint,

, and therefore it is less likely'to part.

'The stand-[or support B in this instanoe consistsv of a ring, b',`re'cessed on vits side, and supported upon feet `or legs 112 b2 at a height sufticient to fully clear the bottom ot' the pitchel' A from contact with the table or bar upon 'which the stand B rests. i The inner diameter of this ring b' is a little larger-than .that of the pitchcr. A fiat ring, ba, fits loosely in the recess of the ring bl, and has an inner diameter correspondin;r with it. A ring'of Wooleucloth or t'riction rollers may be'seoured i between the two rings, it' desired.

j The 'spout side o't' the pitcher is connected with the loose ring-b3 by. means of a hingejoint, d, which is'soldered fast in a horizontal -positiouio the said ring ba, and also to' the ,passes aiid keeps-thehandle side of'the pitoher seeurely down on thering b2, when the whole`V 'is carried by hand, two or more olips,ff, aidingin keeping the .said ring downv upon the.

ring b' and' allowing the. pitche'rtto be easily rotatediupon the stand;

In 'the-operation of this pitcher it will therefore be seen that both a tilting; and a rotary motion can be given to the pitcher'Awith the greatest fcility, case, andsafety, and that the bottom is much better snited to resist injux'y lfrom dropping the heavy icelnmps into the pitcherthan the old -form of construction.

Havingthus fully' desoribed'iny improveinent and pointed out its utility, What I clainn' as new therein of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-f- 'Coxnbiuing with an ice-pitcher, A, a stand' or support, B,- so that the same will operate together substantially in the manner described and set forth, for the purposes specified.

(lHAS. UONRADT. Witnesses: i

BENJ. Monrson; "JAs. WINsMoRE.

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